Closing arguments were made Wednesday by Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Kevin Bramble and defense attorney Fred Johnson, at the conclusion of a two-day trial on charges that Curry-Howard last May raped a 15-year-old girl in the hallway of Central High School.

The 12-member jury began deliberations, but did not reach a decision by late afternoon.

Bramble argued the girl has suffered greatly as a result of the rape, as well as her decision to testify and had nothing to gain.

“The tables have been turned on her,” Bramble said, adding she had to change schools, lost friends, has been called a liar and has been traumatized following the rape.

“If you wonder why women don’t come forward, here’s why.”

Johnson argued the girl told Curry-Howard she was 16 precisely because she wanted to have an intimate relationship with the defendant, and that grainy school security videos shown during the trial suggest she was kissing him and made herself available to him.

They jury will decide if Curry-Howard is guilty of the life offense of first-degree criminal sexual conduct or of the 15-year felony of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.